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Students
facilitate
peaceful
discourse
Judicial Affairs created Peer Mediation Program this fall to resolve conflicts
By MEGHAN PATKE
Contributing Writer
Imagine you just had a fight with your roommate over something too small to talk to your^RA about, but something too aggravating to just put aside.
This semester, the Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards may have an appropriate answer for a conflict
The Peer Mediation Program, led by student volunteers, is a new program aimed at helping students solve interpersonal, group or racial conflicts that arise day to day.
“Everyone at the program hopes the feedback will be positive, and will help to create a culture where students understand that there are peaceful ways to resolve disputes,” said Enku Gelaye, associate director of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards.
The program is a voluntary one in which all people are consenting to mediation and are willing to resolve the dispute, Gelaye said.
A mediation session is conducted when the parties involved in an incident agree to meet and not to file any formal charges.
Sessions last about an hour and are followed up two weeks later to see if the resolution put in place is effective.
The program has trained volunteers in mediation and other forms of conflict management
Seventeen peer mediators, who are both undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds, were fully certified Sunday under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act, Gelaye said. The 1986 Act allows funding for informal conflict resolution programs.
The peer mediators’ 30 hours of training consisted of role playing and honing their listening skills, Gelaye added.
Their goal is to help the conflicting parties identify their problems and reach an agreeable solution, said Sharron Perez, one of the mediators and a senior majoring in communication.
Perez said she was “very keen and excited to be assigned (her) first
case.”
By participating in the program, students can better understand and empathize with another student, she
added.
USC started another mediation program in 1994 that was run by staff members. It was a pilot version of the current student-based program.
Kenneth Lee I Daily ttajen
Red tone. One North University Park resident has put up a sign in front of his house in response to students parking in front of his driveway.
Residents who live north of Adams Boulevard say that their neighbors — students who live in the area for a short period of time — disrespect the
community
By BLAKE HENNON
Suff Writer
M s more Undergraduates move in to /I neighborhoods north of Adams
/I Boulevard that have not typically
/ ft housed them, community mem-JL JLbers say student behavior is making living on their streets difficult
Excessive late-night noise, improper trash disposal and parking violations are hurting the neighborhoods they have worked for years to improve, said Rudy Flores and other residents.
“They have no respect to anyone else," said Flores, referring to students. “They’re here temporarily. They do what they want”
Flores, a 39-year-old certified radiology technician who fives on 24th Street east of Hoover Street said he has had difficulties with students in his neighborhood.
Inebriated students knocking on his door after midnight prompted him to install a lock on his front gate.
Many retired people live on Flores’ street “It's very stressful for them to be awakened at 3 or 4 (a.m.) by car stereos,” said Flores, who works in surgery all day.
Richard Woods is one of Flores’ neighbors. Woods lives in the same 24th Street house that his grandmother bought in 1902. Woods, 78, is retired and has health problems.
"Last year was hell," he said. “There were humongous parties with 200 or 300 people and boom-boom distracting music until 2 or 3 a.m."
In addition to parties, Woodssaid loud students often kept him awake on weeknights. He recalled hearing girls screaming and running up and down his street pushing shopping carts.
On another occasion, Woods said he was trying to sleep and "20 girls were outside on the street saying, 'We want sex, we want booze, we want drugs.’" Woods said they chanted the phrase several times.
Woods never had a problem with the few graduate students who lived on his street In fact, he rented to students years ago.
In the last few years, however, he has seen an increasing number of undergraduates move to his street and create problems.
Woods does not have problems with all the students on his street however
"I’ve had football players next door for three years and they were nice neighbors,” Woods said. “I had no problems at all."
• Ed Conery and Jim Childs are neighbors on Scarff Street north of Adams Boulevard. Both say that student noise is a problem on their block.
"If I could get a grant I’d make sure all my neighbors had headsets," Childs said.
Weeknight parties disturb working adults and families.
"There are moments to celebrate. But on a Wednesday night there should not be 150 people at 11 p.m. on Scarff Street” Childs said.
"It’s not right for me to say, ‘Am I going to sleep tonight?*" Conery said
Community members said they frequently observe students leaving cars in front of driveways for hours.
One neighborhood resident has put up an ll-by-17 “No Parking" sign because students nave repeatedly blocked his driveway.
In interviews, several community members said that because students are temporary residents, they do not care about the condition of the neighborhoods.
i see CeapleMs. page 101
Specific schools require different standards that the university won’t dictate
«
By ZACH FOX
Contributing Writer
Although USC is concerned with the grade patterns of each of its schools, each is left to compose their own grading curves or standards as those deans see fit
The university imposes no gen eral grading curve across all studies. Each school — and in many cases each faculty member — is left to devise its own standard.
“To say that the comparative literature instructor and the chemistry instructor ought to have the same grading criteria doesn't fairly acknowledge the differences in different disciplines," said L Katherine Harrington, associate vice provost of Academic Initiatives.
The Annenberg School has no standard curve and leaves the grading responsibility up to teachers, said Thomas Hollihan, associate dean of the Annenberg School for Communication said.
The Marshall School of Business, on the other hand, uses a curve in all core classes, Harrington said.
"The only problem is teachers can't give specific guidelines," Said Aaron Pipkin, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering. “In high school 90 percent was an A, but I see Wredea, page U I
,'n JMk' '
Depression, mania affect students
Sleep deprivation may exacerbate symptoms of manic depression
By WILL BIGHAM
Staff Writer ’
Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic depression, is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but the no-rest lifestyle of a college student may be a factor in the appearance of symptoms, some doctors said.
“I think the most important (cause) would be if they stay up to study and use stimulants," said Dr. Hagop Akistal, professor of psychiatry and director of the International Mood Center at the University of California, San Diego, during a speech at the Health Sciences Campus Tuesday.
Sleep deprivation could cause mania, he added.
‘ Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic-depression, is a form of depression where one’s mood alter-
I see Wfeler. page 19 I
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Hollywood Music
Amoeba Music and Aron's Records prove that Hollywood is ideal for CD
shopping /7
Students
facilitate
peaceful
discourse
Judicial Affairs created Peer Mediation Program this fall to resolve conflicts
By MEGHAN PATKE
Contributing Writer
Imagine you just had a fight with your roommate over something too small to talk to your^RA about, but something too aggravating to just put aside.
This semester, the Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards may have an appropriate answer for a conflict
The Peer Mediation Program, led by student volunteers, is a new program aimed at helping students solve interpersonal, group or racial conflicts that arise day to day.
“Everyone at the program hopes the feedback will be positive, and will help to create a culture where students understand that there are peaceful ways to resolve disputes,” said Enku Gelaye, associate director of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards.
The program is a voluntary one in which all people are consenting to mediation and are willing to resolve the dispute, Gelaye said.
A mediation session is conducted when the parties involved in an incident agree to meet and not to file any formal charges.
Sessions last about an hour and are followed up two weeks later to see if the resolution put in place is effective.
The program has trained volunteers in mediation and other forms of conflict management
Seventeen peer mediators, who are both undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds, were fully certified Sunday under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act, Gelaye said. The 1986 Act allows funding for informal conflict resolution programs.
The peer mediators’ 30 hours of training consisted of role playing and honing their listening skills, Gelaye added.
Their goal is to help the conflicting parties identify their problems and reach an agreeable solution, said Sharron Perez, one of the mediators and a senior majoring in communication.
Perez said she was “very keen and excited to be assigned (her) first
case.”
By participating in the program, students can better understand and empathize with another student, she
added.
USC started another mediation program in 1994 that was run by staff members. It was a pilot version of the current student-based program.
Kenneth Lee I Daily ttajen
Red tone. One North University Park resident has put up a sign in front of his house in response to students parking in front of his driveway.
Residents who live north of Adams Boulevard say that their neighbors — students who live in the area for a short period of time — disrespect the
community
By BLAKE HENNON
Suff Writer
M s more Undergraduates move in to /I neighborhoods north of Adams
/I Boulevard that have not typically
/ ft housed them, community mem-JL JLbers say student behavior is making living on their streets difficult
Excessive late-night noise, improper trash disposal and parking violations are hurting the neighborhoods they have worked for years to improve, said Rudy Flores and other residents.
“They have no respect to anyone else," said Flores, referring to students. “They’re here temporarily. They do what they want”
Flores, a 39-year-old certified radiology technician who fives on 24th Street east of Hoover Street said he has had difficulties with students in his neighborhood.
Inebriated students knocking on his door after midnight prompted him to install a lock on his front gate.
Many retired people live on Flores’ street “It's very stressful for them to be awakened at 3 or 4 (a.m.) by car stereos,” said Flores, who works in surgery all day.
Richard Woods is one of Flores’ neighbors. Woods lives in the same 24th Street house that his grandmother bought in 1902. Woods, 78, is retired and has health problems.
"Last year was hell," he said. “There were humongous parties with 200 or 300 people and boom-boom distracting music until 2 or 3 a.m."
In addition to parties, Woodssaid loud students often kept him awake on weeknights. He recalled hearing girls screaming and running up and down his street pushing shopping carts.
On another occasion, Woods said he was trying to sleep and "20 girls were outside on the street saying, 'We want sex, we want booze, we want drugs.’" Woods said they chanted the phrase several times.
Woods never had a problem with the few graduate students who lived on his street In fact, he rented to students years ago.
In the last few years, however, he has seen an increasing number of undergraduates move to his street and create problems.
Woods does not have problems with all the students on his street however
"I’ve had football players next door for three years and they were nice neighbors,” Woods said. “I had no problems at all."
• Ed Conery and Jim Childs are neighbors on Scarff Street north of Adams Boulevard. Both say that student noise is a problem on their block.
"If I could get a grant I’d make sure all my neighbors had headsets," Childs said.
Weeknight parties disturb working adults and families.
"There are moments to celebrate. But on a Wednesday night there should not be 150 people at 11 p.m. on Scarff Street” Childs said.
"It’s not right for me to say, ‘Am I going to sleep tonight?*" Conery said
Community members said they frequently observe students leaving cars in front of driveways for hours.
One neighborhood resident has put up an ll-by-17 “No Parking" sign because students nave repeatedly blocked his driveway.
In interviews, several community members said that because students are temporary residents, they do not care about the condition of the neighborhoods.
i see CeapleMs. page 101
Specific schools require different standards that the university won’t dictate
«
By ZACH FOX
Contributing Writer
Although USC is concerned with the grade patterns of each of its schools, each is left to compose their own grading curves or standards as those deans see fit
The university imposes no gen eral grading curve across all studies. Each school — and in many cases each faculty member — is left to devise its own standard.
“To say that the comparative literature instructor and the chemistry instructor ought to have the same grading criteria doesn't fairly acknowledge the differences in different disciplines," said L Katherine Harrington, associate vice provost of Academic Initiatives.
The Annenberg School has no standard curve and leaves the grading responsibility up to teachers, said Thomas Hollihan, associate dean of the Annenberg School for Communication said.
The Marshall School of Business, on the other hand, uses a curve in all core classes, Harrington said.
"The only problem is teachers can't give specific guidelines," Said Aaron Pipkin, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering. “In high school 90 percent was an A, but I see Wredea, page U I
,'n JMk' '
Depression, mania affect students
Sleep deprivation may exacerbate symptoms of manic depression
By WILL BIGHAM
Staff Writer ’
Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic depression, is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but the no-rest lifestyle of a college student may be a factor in the appearance of symptoms, some doctors said.
“I think the most important (cause) would be if they stay up to study and use stimulants," said Dr. Hagop Akistal, professor of psychiatry and director of the International Mood Center at the University of California, San Diego, during a speech at the Health Sciences Campus Tuesday.
Sleep deprivation could cause mania, he added.
‘ Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic-depression, is a form of depression where one’s mood alter-
I see Wfeler. page 19 I
Of interest...
'Ify * “irT,:
Drivers license bill complicates immigration law, hurts California security / 4
New* Digtut %
Weather
University does not use grade curves